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Re: WordPress 3.0.2 (Michael Clark) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 14:41:45 -0600 > From: Otto <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [wp-testers] [wp-hackers] WordPress 3.0.2 > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > For reference, the actual code changes from 3.0.1 to 3.0.2 can be found > here: > http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/tags/3.0.1&new_path=/tags/3.0.2 > > -Otto > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 13:30:40 -0800 > From: Ed Smith <[email protected]> > Subject: [wp-testers] lister > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 13:38:23 -0800 > From: Ed Smith <[email protected]> > Subject: [wp-testers] test...@list > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 16:09:15 -0600 > From: "T3charmy ..." <[email protected]> > Subject: [wp-testers] (no subject) > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > HTC Evo Android 2.2 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 18:12:26 -0500 > From: Andrew Nacin <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [wp-testers] [wp-hackers] WordPress 3.0.2 > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Trent Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I totally agree on the urgency of a security update, except for this: >> >> 1. It isn't just a security update, it contains a number of other bug >> fixes; >> 11 core files were modified. >> > > Of those 11 changes, 9 of them were merged to the branch previously and > were > in trunk for some time. > > While only one was enough to trigger 3.0.3, seven changes were security > fixes or enhancements in some way. > > It fixed four other really annoying and moderately severe bugs that were > already backported to the branch. > > It was a security update. But since we maintain the 3.0 branch for > regressions, major bugs, and security enhancements (which we will until > 3.2 > beta), then a few other things got shipped with it. We were very pleased > with the quality of every change in the release, which were all thoroughly > re-inspected and re-tested. We carefully evaluated every other ticket > under > 3.0.x consideration for potential inclusion as well. > > List of changes: > http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/tags/3.0.1&new_path=/tags/3.0.2 > > 2. They thanked the guy who reported it for responsible disclosure which >> usually means he would give them time to fix it before making it public, >> which he did. >> > > Correct. We decided to release. > > 3. It certainly must have taken at least a day or two to fix, test, > prepare, >> and package an official release so there certainly was enough time to at >> least give us a courtesy heads up that an update was imminent. >> > > As Pete Mall said, it took four hours from the initial report to final > release. Mark, Ryan and I worked nonstop over that time. We do good work > :-) > > 4. This isn't the first time they have done a surprise release. >> > > Indeed, even some members of the core team were busy all day and didn't > hear > about it either. :-) > > I realize this update probably won't break anything, but we still have to >> go >> through a full test run anyway. I certainly do appreciate the work the >> WordPress team is doing but I wanted to express my voice as plugin >> developer. >> > > I believe your opinion as a plugin developer should be weighed against > tens > of millions of WordPress blogs and users. > > So what I would like to know is what I should monitor to get the earliest >> and most consistent notification of updates? >> > > I should have sent this email to wp-hackers the day of launch, but I > forgot. > But by no means count on that. Follow the WordPress Blog, Trac, your > dashboard, etc. > > Regards, > Nacin > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 22:39:28 -0500 > From: Michael Clark > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [wp-testers] WordPress 3.0.2 > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <p06240800c91e1629b...@[192.168.1.102]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > > At 6:12 PM -0500 12/2/10, Andrew Nacin wrote: >>On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Trent Martin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >So what I would like to know is what I should monitor to get the >> earliest >>> and most consistent notification of updates? >>> >> >>I should have sent this email to wp-hackers the day of launch, but I >> forgot. >>But by no means count on that. Follow the WordPress Blog, Trac, your >>dashboard, etc. > > Hey, how about the WP team dusts off and uses the "Release > Notification" mailing list that is prominently advertised at > http://wordpress.org/download/ ? Mike > > > > -- > > Michael Clark > http://www.PlanetMike.com > > Christmas Music 24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a week > http://www.ChristmasMusic247.com > > "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." > - Martin Luther King Jr. > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > wp-testers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers > > > End of wp-testers Digest, Vol 70, Issue 3 > ***************************************** >
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